This is not a book if you’re looking for an epic plot, gripping drama, or dark psychological complexity, but if you’re looking for a warm and cozy read, something to take to the beach or snuggle up with a nice cuppa. It’s not impressive, but it’s solid and quite charming. Overall, Just Like Heaven is a good sparkling read. I wonder if the fourth will be the governess who has to fill in if Sarah “takes ill” at the last minute, Miss Wynter JQ apparently spent an inordinate amount of time with her, and such is indicative of the importance that will come from her. I’m pretty sure cousins Iris and Sarah will get their own books, but I’m not sure about the most effervescent and deluded member of this year’s quartet, Daisy. Her love for her family is so palpable right now. The HEA is really beautiful, especially with Honoria deciding on next year’s musical. I would love for him to start taking a few more risks when it comes to achievement.

I think JQ’s main weakness as a romance novelist is that her books aren’t always as engaging as they could be. Instead, we have a lot of bedside pain/bedside inactivity, and that’s not really my cup of tea. He wanted more of Honoria with her cousins, he wanted more of the conflict with Marcus and Honoria’s brother, he wanted drama about Hugh and Ramsgate (maybe they’ll be back in another book?).

I would have liked to see more of them in London, together with other people, because JQ does it very well. My only complaint about this book is that I feel like the middle section, where Marcus is sick, drags on too long. They joke around so easily that it’s not hard to imagine their continued marital bliss where they happily tease each other for decades. JQ is always at his best when he writes quick, witty dialogue, and Marcus and Honoria get a lot of it.

The friendship to romance story is a calmer kind of story, and in Just Like Heaven it’s quite beautiful. I like the relationship to be something that has grown over time and not something that manifests over a weekend. So I really enjoyed that Marcus and Honoria have known each other for so long. I don’t know if it’s because I’m getting older and more tired these days or what, but I was starting to get a little annoyed by the fourth day marriage trope. Suddenly, however, he begins to feel for her more than just his duty, and she sees him in an unsisterly way. They have known each other since she was six years old when he visited her brother during school vacations. Little does she know that Marcus Holroyd, a friend of her brother’s (currently in hiding in Italy after an unfortunate duel), is “taking care” of her in her absence, which has meant scaring everyone so far. So she is determined to get married in the third season of her on the market. See also Download Diabolical By Jana DeLeon

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